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Date de parution

29 décembre 2009

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9789966792419

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English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

Creative Writing In Prose is centered on novel writing but touches on other prose forms. It covers the process from the germination of the story to the submission of the manuscript for publication. Plot, narrative methods, the recording of dialogue and the subtle relationship between story and theme are all examined.

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Publié par

University of Nairobi Press

Date de parution

29 décembre 2009

Nombre de lectures

EAN13

9789966792419

Langue

English

Poids de l'ouvrage

2 Mo

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First published 2009 by University of Nairobi Press Jomo Kenyatta Memorial Library, University of Nairobi P.O. Box 30197 – 00100 Nairobi E-mail:nup@uonbi.ac.keWebsite:http://www.uonbi.ac.ke/press/ The University of Nairobi Press supports and promotes University of Nairobi’s objectives of discovery, dissemination and preservation of knowledge, and stimulation of intellectual and cultural life by publishing works of highest quality in association with partners in different parts of the world. In doing so, it adheres to the University’s tradition of excellence, innovation and scholarship. The moral rights of the author have been asserted. © The University of Nairobi Press All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of fully acknowledged short passages for the purposes of criticism, review, research or teaching, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or means without prior written permission from the University of Nairobi Press.

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I am grateful to the Administration, Literature Department and students of Egerton University for inviting me to take part in the lectures and discussions on which these pages are based. In particular, I want to thank Professor Emilia, Ilieva for over-ruling my doubts and bringing her fine, polyglot scholarship to bear on issues which have crept up out of the shadows to discomfit us older writers who used to be sure we knew where we were going. That does not mean that the way to that destination was ever easy or direct as John Donne wrote in his third Satire, more than 400 years ago: On a huge hill, Cragged and steep, Truth stands and he that will Reach her, about must, and about must go, And what the hill's suddenness resists, win so; (Donne, 116) I hope that these pages may help us to see how, over the years, storytellers have found means to “by indirections, find directions out”, and what safeguards are available to keep the reader with them. There are no “set books” here. I believe all the personal favourites I have quoted are found in Kenyan libraries or bookshops. The fellowship of book-lovers is such that I am sure readers will be assisted to find other books by the same authors or from the same generation if these have dropped from the shelves. Wide reading is

essential for creative writers, but wide observation and conversation even more so. Many promising writers drop from view because they buy a car and whiz past the street-corner where a story is taking shape and waiting to be noticed. A story is not stereotyped into an “issue” or a “problem.” The “exile story”, the “growing up story”, the “generation conflict story” are not genres, only stereotypes: a valid story is in some particular way, one of its kind. Try it and see. UnderReferenceson page 121, there is a list of works referred to in the text. Some of the novels listed have gone through many editions. The edition quoted is the one referred to. Therefore, I have avoided giving page numbers unless the edition is also named. This is not a list of prescribed reading, though I hope the book will attract your interest to some of the stories frequently quoted. The practising writer has to read just as the practising footballer has to watch other people's games and study the technique. One novel a week for life would be the barest minimum. As a rough guide, I should say that the Kenyan writer or student should be familiar with at least 50 Kenyan novels, at least one (original or translated) from each other African country (though just a few do not appear on the standard lists), at least one English th novel from the 18 century and one from each decade from 1820 to the present, at least ten American novels, six Indian novels in English and three each from Australia, France, Germany and South America. However, since we cannot know whether the great novel of the century will be published inFijiorUzbekistannext week, perhaps the best policy is just to keep looking for this great novel. Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, Nairobi, Kenya

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I am grateful to Philip Ochieng’ for permission to reprint the th passage from his column inTheSunday Nation10 August, of 2003. After many attempts, we have not been able to trace the copyright holder of Daniachew Worku’sThe Thirteenth Sunthe African in Writers Series.

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